athens: day one

For our first international vacation since our honeymoon, my wife and I spent a week in Athens this summer, eating, exploring the city, and doing as much tourist stuff as we could fit into each day. I love spending time in an unfamiliar place and we both had a blast. I, obviously, took a lot of photos. I brought three cameras — one film, two digital — but imposed a few limits on myself to encourage a little creativity. First, I would shoot either color or black and white on each day, never both. And second, I would restrict myself to one focal length as much as possible for the length of a day.

This is all to say that on the first day, I loaded up a roll of Ilford black and white film, slapped a 28mm lens on my Leica, and walked as much of Athens as I could with my wife (with a Rick Steves guide as our companion). When the film ran out, I switched to my digital Leica. Here is a selection of photos from that first day. These, I think, are the clear keepers — or at least, the ones I’m willing to share.

As always, let me know what you think.

philadelphia

Photos from a short trip over the summer.

Camera: Yashica-D. Film: Ilford XP2 Super and Kodak Gold 200.

car enthusiasts

A few of the keepers from a car show I attended out in Louisa County over the summer.

Camera: Leica M4-P. Lens: Konica M-Hexanon 35mm f/2.0. Film: Kentmere 100.

assorted snapshots

random items from the first half of the summer

hogwaller

These are photos from a neighborhood in Charlottesville known, unofficially, as “Hogwaller” after the old stockyard that is still standing. I took them using a Yashica-D and Ilford XP2 Super film. I believe I took them on a nice August evening but I honestly don’t remember!

fountain motel

Seen on US-29 going north to Charlottesville.

ashland train festival 2024

Each year, Ashland, Va. has a big street festival celebrating the fact that it is a hub for various rail lines in the state. There are vendors and games and music and also people gather to watch trains pass by. It’s a good time! The festival was in April and somehow I forgot to post the photos. So, you know, here they are.

may 2024

These are the keepers from a few rolls of 35mm that I exposed back in May. The color film is Kodak Gold and the monochrome is XP2 Super. They were taken in Charlottesville, Richmond and Washington DC, which is to say, the usual haunts.

cambridge, uk

I was in Cambridge for a few days in May and managed to take a few photos in-between sessions at the conference I was attending. Here are the keepers.

april 2024 — roll 2

I think this was a roll of Ilford XP2 Super. I shot it on my Leica, as usual, and all of these were taken in places around Charlottesville.